Lost your COVID-19 vaccination card? Wayne Co., others will provide you with another one – Detroit Free Press

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Did you lose your COVID-19 vaccination card already? Or has it been destroyed?

You are in luck if you need to get another one.

Michiganders can contact the site where they were vaccinated, such as the local health department or health care provider, and request a new vaccination card,said Lynn Sutfin, spokesperson for theMichigan Department of Health and Human Services.

She said residents also can fill out a form to get a copy of their immunization record from the Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR), an immunization database that documents inoculations given to Michiganders,at https://www.mcir.org/public/.

The Wayne County Health Department announced Tuesday it can provide its residents with a replacement COVID-19 vaccination card if the original one was lostor destroyed.

A stack of vaccine cards wait to be handed out to registered residents after they receive their Moderna COVID-19 vaccines from the Oakland County Health Division at Suburban Showplace in Novi, Mich. on Jan. 23, 2021. Three thousand four hundred appointments were made for groups 1A and 1B based on the State of Michigan's COVID-19 Vaccination plan(Photo: Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press)

Residents can request a replacement card by calling the health department clinic at 734-727-7100. Staff will verify the person's vaccination record through the state database and issue a new card. The new card can be picked up at the county's public health clinic, 33030 Van Born Road, in Wayne.

Also, ifa resident hasn't received both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, Wayne County said it can provide the person with a copy of his or her vaccination record that can be taken to thesecond-dose appointment. Residents will receive a new card at their second-dose appointment, the county said in a release.

Detroit officials had not responded to how or whethercity residents can get a replacement card locally at the time of publication. But they can use the MCIR, state officials said.

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Thomas Miller, 53, of Detroit looks over his vaccination card after receiving a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine along 2nd Avenue and Pingree Street in Detroit on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 as he waits for fifteen minutes following the vaccination. Central City Integrated Health paired up with The Salvation Army during their Bed & Bread Club delivery route as they deliver meals to those in need to help supply access to the COVID vaccine to Detroit residents who might not have transportation.(Photo: Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press)

Macomb County Deputy Executive Vicki Wolber said residents should first check with the provider that administered their last dose of vaccine for a new vaccination card. They also can use MCIR to request their record.

If that doesn't work, she said residentscan call the county health department's immunization division at 586-469-5372.

In Oakland County, if anyone loses their vaccination card, the health division is able to give them their MCIRrecord and another card, said Bill Mullan, spokesman for County Executive Dave Coulter.

Anyone with questions can call the Nurse on Call number at800-848-5533. They could also make the request in person with the health division during business hours, Mullan said.

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Sutfin said public health officials suggestresidents take a photo of their vaccination card so that they have a copy of it on their phone.

She said there are no issues with laminating the cards. Some people have reported issues with the ink on their cards when they had them laminated or concerns about adding information to the card if a booster is needed in the future.

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Anyone age 12 and older is eligible for the two-shot Pfizer vaccine. Anyone age 18 and older also can receive the Moderna two-dose vaccine or the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shot.

More than 4.5 million Michiganders, or 56.5% of the population age 16 and older, have received at least one dose of vaccine, according to the state's dashboard.

Contact Christina Hall: chall@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter: @challreporter.

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